Unknown Ring Marking :confused:

[Mat in MA]

My wife has an old ring that was her Grandmothers. It's a nice ring, but it's the marking on the band that I am curious about.

Most bands will have a karat number (10k, 14k, etc) to tell you the amount of gold in the ring.

This ring just has the letter "A" followed by a five point star (see photo below of ring and band). Does anyone know what this means?

Thanks in Advance.

Here's the ring.
[attachment 79570 ring.gif]

Here's the mark inside the band.
[attachment 79571 mark.gif]

 

[BEACH HUNTER]

n/t

 

[bdahunter]

It could be the maker's marker as opposed to the assayer's mark.

BDA

 

[Boston Bob]

n/t

 

[Mat in MA]

n/t

 

[don tyler]

You could do an acid test to see if its 10k 14k 18k etc. if you dont have the proper acids a jeweler could do the test

 

[BEACH HUNTER]

waves were huge at hampton yesterday??? also this am..I can't get out till fri..you gonna hit any beaches this weekend??

 

[Gulf Hunter]

Hello Mat, rings manufactured previous to the early 1900s, were not subjected to karat stamps, as I understand it. Not sure what the official date is though. Many of the older rings will not have a karat stamp at all. Let us know what you find out. May be a good idea to have a professional appraisal, savvy?

 

[Golden]

Check out websites for hallmarks. You should be able to find out about it. I've heard of rings with that particular hallmark before. You should be able to date the ring by the hallmark. Hope you find it on the net.
Golden

 

[don tyler]

Beach Hunter Sounds tempting,Have to see what the wife is up to first Sure miss the warm weather Don Tyler

 

[OE6ODD]

The ring is older than 1850 .the Stamp inside is from the maker.old rings has no carat numbers inside like (585,999).
Nice Ring you have found.
Best regades OE6ODD

 

[Anonymous]

Date Letters 1773 to 2009

http://www.theassayoffice.co.uk/date_letters.html

Dont know if this will help or not but check it out

 

[OE6ODD]

This Ring is older than 1880.
OE6ODD

 

[Magyar]

That is one beautiful ring Mat. Congratulations!

 

[Raoul]

Mat i found this one last week and its a Russian Hallmark